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World War Two
race against time drama. A film that is likely to split cinema audiences.
Nigel
Bell
Like John Le Carre, Robert Harris (for it is his novel from which
this is adapted) likes to develop lengthy plots, with lots of characterisation
and twists.
So straight
away we're into Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy territory and
look how many episodes that took up on 91热爆2.
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Thereby hangs
the problem. This would make a great Sunday night television drama
over four weeks but seems strangely out of kilter in the multiplex
world of the 21st century.
So is it a brave
venture or pure folly?
The answer is
that Enigma is an enigma in itself. On the one hand the acting
can't be faulted. Dougray Scott, especially, impresses as the code
breaker recovering from a nervous breakdown brought on by a failed
romance.
There's Kate
Winslett in glasses, Saffron Burrows and a host of other top performances.
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The setting,
the actual Bletchley Park, where in the 1940's the secret German
codes were deciphered, cannot be faulted.
And yet somehow,
there's something missing. It's as if those behind the film (including
Rolling Stone Mick Jagger) weren't happy enough to have an intriguing
George Smiley style plot. They had to introduce a few chase sequences
to keep the audience awake. If that's the case, who's fooling who?
It's right the
whole Enigma code-breaking sequence should be brought to more people's
attention, albeit in this fact-fiction film, but the rushed ending
suggests those in charge suddenly decided let's wake them up (the
audience) and send them home happy.
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